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HORSE BLANKET FASTBNEB. v N0. 290,198. Patented Dec. 18, 1883.

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U ITED STATES PATENT OFFIC ALEXANDER F. ARMSTRONG, OF EDINBURG, AND MILoK. WAITE, OF NORTHVILLE, N W YORK; sAID WAITE ASSIGNOR TO LEWIS BALOH,

OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

HORSE-BLANKET FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,198, dated December18, 1883.

Application filed June 13, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALEXANDER F. ARM- STRONG and MILo K. WAITE,citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Edinburg, inthe county of Saratoga and State of New York, and at N orthville, in thecounty ofFulton and State aforesaid, have invented a new and usefulHorse-Blanket Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to make a simple, strong, and durablefastener for horseblankets and the like by constructing the saidfasteners from steel or brass spring-Wire, so that they may be attachedto the fabrics by any of the known methods with facility. We a tain thisobject by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a face plan view of the two flaps of ahorse-blanketwith our invention attached. Fig. 2 is a lateral elevation of thspring-hasp and securing-rivet, and Fig. 3 is a top plan view of theeye-piece detached. The arrows indicate the direction of thespring-pressure of the bifurcated hasp.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A A represent the two edges or flaps of a horse-blanket; B, thebifurcated hasp; G, the eye-piece, which receives and retains atpleasure the bifurcated hasp B.

.d dd d are rivets which secure the fasteners to the horse-blanket, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2. y

e e are loops formed in the two arms of the hasp -13, to facilitatetheir compression in the act of hasping and unhasping of the two partsconstituting the fastener.

f f, Fig. 3, are eyes formed in the parts for their attachment to thehorse-blanket by means of the rivets d d d d, as shown.

9 g are the upward and outward bent or double-curvedhooks of theoutward-springing arms h h, whose'curves correspond with theretaining-surfaces of the eye-piece (l, as will be readily understood.The arms hi1, having an outward pressure, tend to keep secure- 1y lockedor interlocked with the eye-piece ALEXANDER F. ARMSTRONG. MILO WAITE.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH F. SPIER,

W. M. ARMSTRONG.

